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NCLEX Nutrition
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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1. What function is vitamin A?
5.5 ounces/day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
albumin levels
cream cheese - cream or butter
2. Sources of fats
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
protein
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
liver and intestinal synthesis
3. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
4 calories/gram
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
18-25
4. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
4 calories/gram
prealbumin levels
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
5. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
trans fatty acid
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
milk - enriched grains
vitamin C - citrus fruits
6. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
can consume more calories without weight gain
pregnant women or elderly
liver and intestinal synthesis
7. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
rickets - osteomalacia
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
antioxidant - immune function
diet recall
8. What is normal BMI?
18-25
atrophy or wasting of muscle
B and C
liver and intestinal synthesis
9. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
low albumin levels < 3.4
rickets - osteomalacia
4 calories/gram
10. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
5.5 ounces/day
4 calories/gram
11. How many calories/gram is protein?
review of systems
can consume more calories without weight gain
4 calories/gram
hemorrhage
12. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
prealbumin levels
dark green - orange - drybeans
protein and fat
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
13. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
dark green - orange - drybeans
prealbumin levels
protein
2.5 cups
14. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
18-25
2.5 cups
transferrin
15. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
dark green - orange - drybeans
starches - sugars - and cellulose
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
dairy and fortified foods
16. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
3 cups
TPN total parenteral nutrition
2.5 cups
dietary approach to stop hypertension
17. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
vitamin K
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
B and C
5.5 ounces/day
18. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
hemorrhage
3 cups
5.5 ounces/day
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
19. What is the function of vitamin C?
dark green - orange - drybeans
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
hemoglobin
prealbumin levels
20. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
5.5 ounces/day
4 calories/gram
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
dietary approach to stop hypertension
21. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
day week or month
22. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
300 cal/day increase
2.5 cups
23. What is normal albumin levels?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
carrots and sweet potatoes
atrophy or wasting of muscle
24. When does BMR decrease?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
rickets - osteomalacia
cream cheese - cream or butter
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
25. What does DASH stand for?
transferrin
4 calories/gram
dietary approach to stop hypertension
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
26. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
vitamin K
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
dark green - orange - drybeans
day week or month
27. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fat soluble vitamins
protein
28. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
transferrin
diet recall
day week or month
29. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
carrots and sweet potatoes
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
30. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
low albumin levels < 3.4
prealbumin levels
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
31. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
500 cal/day
transferrin
protein
32. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
hemorrhage
vitamin K
33. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
5.5 ounces/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
34. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
atrophy or wasting of muscle
35. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
cream cheese - cream or butter
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
2.5 cups
review of systems
36. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
6 oz. a day
one tspn salt or less
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
37. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
apple is higher risk than a pear
dietary approach to stop hypertension
500 cal/day
38. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
one tspn salt or less
atrophy or wasting of muscle
essential amino acids
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
39. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
pregnant women or elderly
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
hemorrhage
antioxidant - immune function
40. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
TPN total parenteral nutrition
can consume more calories without weight gain
trans fatty acid
41. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
hemoglobin
500 cal/day
hemorrhage
42. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
liver and intestinal synthesis
4 calories/gram
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
43. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
4 calories/gram
cream cheese - cream or butter
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
2 cups
44. Where can you get more vitamin D?
cream cheese - cream or butter
dairy and fortified foods
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
vitamin K
45. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
prealbumin levels
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vitamin C - citrus fruits
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
46. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
18-25
review of systems
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
47. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
hemoglobin
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
48. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vitamin C - citrus fruits
apple is higher risk than a pear
500 cal/day
49. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
cream cheese - cream or butter
hemoglobin
atrophy or wasting of muscle
50. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
dairy and fortified foods
fats
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
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